The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday filed corruption case against the famous property tycoon, Malik Riaz, Bahria Town, and former Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi for illegally encroaching 684 acres in Rakh Takht Pari and 732.5 acres in Loi Bher forests along the Bahria Town Phase 8, Rawalpindi.
Takht Pari, located six kilometres from Rawalpindi near GT Road, spans a total area of 2,210 acres and was transferred to the Forest Department on Aug 4, 1856.
According to the reference, the “demarcation of Mouza Rakh Takht Pari, District Rawalpindi, was conducted in the year 2006 under directions of then-CM Punjab Ch. Pervaiz Elahi to give legal cover for illegal encroachment.”
According to a Punjab government report, the land consists mostly of natural shrub forest dominated by Phulai and Sanatha bushes, with no prior classification of private holdings (mostly shamlat, a term for land that’s owned by a community and used for its benefit).
